- Date
- January 20, 1962
- Place
- Big Trees, CA · BIG TREES, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 4 minor, 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58731Douglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138745
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0040 62/1/20 NR.BIG TREES,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 0 3 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0026 N58731 PX- 0 3 16 UNK/NR, 11580 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - BLATZ AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURBANK,CALIF HAWTHORNE,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CREW WARNING OF TURB ADEQUATE. DIVERTED TO FALLON NAS FOR MEDICAL AID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58731
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N58731Registration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Douglas DC3Airframe modelDouglas DC3Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.